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RB 54/00094 Croydon bore no. 2. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Croydon Bore no. 2 was drilled during 1892-93 to a total depth of 2296 feet, and penetrated a sedimentary sequence of Tertiary rocks to 2035 feet before bottoming in sediments believed to be Permian glacigenes. Pleistocene to Recent sandy clays and...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1962
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RB 60/00055 Auger boring of Hackham clay deposit.
Near horizontally bedded Upper Eocene sediments comprising Blanche Point Marls, Tortachilla Limestone and South Maslin Sands, have been test bored at Hackham in the Noarlunga Basin, in the search for a bentonite - type clay deposit which might provide...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 78/00129 Potassium-argon (glauconite) dates for the basal Blanche Point Formation, St Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Investigations in the Myponga Basin have shown that there is no direct evidence for groundwater depletion. Currently there are 45 irrigation wells pumping from an unconfined/confined limestone aquifer. The potentiometric surface drops 5-6 metres...-
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Published: 19 Oct 1978
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 2016/00008 Geological field excursion guide — Cenozoic Willunga Embayment: from Australo-Antarctic Gulf to Sprigg Orogeny.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE As superb exposures of fossiliferous strata, refreshed by coastal erosion and winter storms and backing popular beaches in what is now suburban Adelaide, the coastal cliff sections in the Willunga Embayment have attracted...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2016
